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Acton residents urge senior tax relief, sidewalks on Forest Road and resolution of shared-meter dispute
Summary
Residents used the Select Board public comment period to press for additional senior tax relief, to request that Forest Road sidewalks be added to the DPW agenda and to ask the town to require separate water metering for 268 Main Street after an apparent long-term leak shifted costs to a neighboring condominium association.
Several Acton residents addressed the Select Board during the meeting’s public comment period with concerns about property taxes, sidewalks linked to the proposed DPW project and a water‑meter dispute at a Main Street property.
Carolyn Kiley, a Quail Ridge resident, urged the Select Board to attend a Finance Committee listening session at the Senior Center and to consider "adding additional exemptions or, tax breaks for seniors to keep them in town." Kiley said her assessment rose about 21% and that her quarter‑tax bill "this quarter is over $96,200" (as spoken in the…
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